Jan 03: Sri Lankan cabinet came out with the decision that the Cease Fire Agreement with the LTTE in 2002 brokered by Norwegian government remains invalid on January 2.
The decision came after four persons killed and 28 injured by an attack on Army vehicle by the suspected Tamil Tiger of LTTE.
Though this decision taken by the Sri Lankan government has been subjected to criticism but the Sri Lankan government justifies its decision on the behalf of thousands of life lost on the ruse of violence and violation of cease fire by LTTE.
As per the CFA the government of Sri Lanka and LTTE is to find a negotiated solution of the ongoing ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka , and thereafter find a solution to bring an end to hostilities and improving the living condition of all the inhabitants affected by the conflict.
However the Sri Lankan President before coming to power had vowed to scrap CFA but continue with it after getting pressurised by international community.
The decision has come shortly after Mahindra Rajapakse implicitly pointed that his government is left with no option but to abrogate CFA and ban LTTE but as of now there is no ban on LTTE but the CFA remains invalid.
The Defence Minister of Sri Lanka Gotabhaya Rajapakse is reported to have commented to a daily that the CFA had become a joke in the eyes of people with so many violations.
Sri Lankan Army has taken control over eastern region driving out the rebels from the region and currently there is an intense battle going along the Forward Defence Lines on the north.
Norway Reacted
Eric Solheim, Norway Environment and International Development minister who helped negotiate the truce reacted to the decision “I regret the government is taking this serious step.�
“I am deeply concerned that the violence and hostilities will now escalate even further,� he added.
The LTTE has waged a violence secessionist campaign against Sri Lankan government since 70's. Till now more than 30 countries have declared LTTE as terrorist organisation. The intense conflict laid by LTTE has taken life of over 70,000 people.
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Comments:
lion
January 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
vijaya
January 5, 2008 at 12:00 AMwhat sri lanka needs is fairness and justice for all sri lankans.then the army nor the tigers will have no enemy to fight against.a little lateral thinking might help.like uk ,usa germany,denmark etc. .has anyone asked why these countries have more sri lankans than there are citizens of these countries in sri lanka? in uk for example if there were not so many foreigners the united kingdom may not be united.
Tony
January 3, 2008 at 12:00 AMLTTE ITS NOT TERRORIST SRI LANKAN
GOVERNMENT IS THE TERRORIST
WHY LTTE FIGHTING????????
SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT KILLING THE TMIL PEOPLE WHEN I WAS IN SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT BOMB IN A CHURCH
IN 1993 ALL MY FAMILY AND REALTIVES DIED NOW I DONT HAVE ANYBODY
IF LTTE STOP FIGHTING THEY WILL KILL ALL THE TAMIL PEOPLE
LTTE IS FREEDOM FIGHTERS
THEY SAVE US
Raj
January 3, 2008 at 12:00 AMThis is a verry good move. Any peace talk will not work with LTTE.
The LTTE are terrorists not freedom fighter .When I in Sri Lanka in 1991 they came into a buddhist temple and killed all my family I now have no one left.If SRi Lanka army stop fighting I Am scared that LTTE will kill all the Sinhala people.